Race-Spec TVS Apache RR310

Taking on a very, very wet Kari Motor Speedway with their Race-spec TVS Apache RR 310

- Shubhabrata Marmar

Who looks forward to a wet racetrack, eh? I’m certainly no Petrucci. So the weather app on all of my internet-enabled devices bore a rather hefty data load in the days leading up to the Indimotard Throttle Wide Open School at Kari Motor Speedway. Because apart from instructing new students, I would get to ride the Race-spec TVS Apache RR 310. So naturally, while the forecast was for zero inches of rain, 10 per cent probability both of the days, the newspaper were reporting that the “three days of surprise rain creates nearrecord water levels...” There’s a strong word that begins with F that describes my feelings for Murphy. But hey, there’s a job to be done, eh? Wait, my bike’s number thirteen? Oh man!

But when you’re roaring down the Kari Motor Speedway straight, all of these thoughts dissipate like a drop of ink in the ocean. Because the Racespec RR 310 isn’t slow. It comes out of the last corner with intent and the super-short-travel race throttle is nearly always pinned to the stop. The flat, loud blat from the exhaust reverberates off everything as the speed gathers rapidly. Did I mention that it was raining the whole time?